The transformation of the University of Idaho men’s and women’s basketball programs is well underway.
Last Monday, Athletic Director Rob Spear introduced the new men’s basketball head coach Don Verlin. Verlin comes from Utah State where he was serving as the assistant coach. He ran the offense for the Aggies and for the last 9 seasons, the Aggies have had a winning record and post-season appearances.
Verlin has yet to coach a team that had a losing record. Continue reading
FoxSports is reporting that the University of Idaho will hire Utah State associate head coach Don Verlin as the new Head Coach.
Verlin has been coaching with Stew Morrill for the past 15 seasons, the last 10 at Utah State.
This seems awfully quick to me. There are a bunch of good coaches out there, many of them are still coaching in the NCAA Tournament. To make a decision this quick, Spear was set on one person and he was going to get that person.
That may or may not be a good thing.
According to FoxSports, a press conference will be held on Monday at 8:00 P.M.
University of Idaho Men’s Basketball Coach was fired today after two years of leading the helm. It is tough to see an alum and a nice person go, but changes had to be made.
As the search goes on, it will be interesting to see who is interviewed and who is hired.
According to the Idaho Statesman, alum Dan Monson is not interested. But several names are being mentioned.
mong the names that might crop up for the job: Don Verlin (Utah State assistant), Gib Arnold (USC assistant), Ray Giacolleti (Gonzaga assistant) and Leon Rice (Gonzaga assistant).
One name that is not being mentioned in this group is Jeff Hironaka of Seattle Pacific. He is a recruiting fiend and knows the Northwest and he is a native of Weiser, Idaho. He has done a tremendous job at Seattle Pacific and I think deserves a shot at being the next coach at Idaho.
Let’s get a good coach in and bring this program back.
I am an alum of the University of Idaho and had a really good experience there. It was a fun place to go, it challenged me as a student, I made some great friends, and it prepared me to enter the professional world.
Here is a short video the University produced. It really captures what the University of Idaho is about.
University of Idaho “Discovery”
This is pretty cool. You need to be an Idaho Vandal to understand!
Mike Prater, the sports editor of the Idaho Statesman, needs to be fired.
On his radio program yesterday on KTIK‘s Idaho Sports Talk, Prater said that everything associated with the University of Idaho school and athletic program was horrible, including the football team, athletic director, fans, school president, everything.
He even said that “that they should take a bomb, blow it up, and start over again.”
Listen for yourself:
He finished off by saying that David Vobora was horrible. It doesn’t matter that David Vobora was the leading tackler in the Western Athletic Conference for the last two years.
The University of Idaho is the premiere educational institution in the state and far exceeds the other institutions of higher learning in the state.
In addition, to say that someone should take a bomb and blow it up is crazy. It is an irresponsible statement that should be punished. Threatening or encouraging someone to blow something up is a big deal and should not be handled lightly by his editors at the Idaho Statesman and his producers at KTIK.
MIKE PRATER MUST BE FIRED!
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